JSON::API v1.1 and lid

[noefroidevaux]

Hello,

First, thank you a lot for your amazing library @mattpolzin !

I don't know all the JSON::API v1.1 additions, but the lid member seems very interesting:

The id member is not required when the resource object originates at the client and represents a new resource to be created on the server. In that case, a client MAY include a lid member to uniquely identify the resource by type locally within the document.

Reference: https://jsonapi.org/format/1.1/#document-resource-objects

I often need sync data created on the device in my applications. So I use the type UUID for the id and sometimes it's created on the app side. Until now, the back-ends accept to the id member as the the id to save in the database... but it's not perfect... and I think that the new lid would be a lot better.

Do you have plan to allow to use JSON::API v1.1 with your library? Maybe I could try to implement this lid part, but I need to know your plan about the spec 1.1 before to start on this.

[mattpolzin]

Thanks for the feature request and offer to help implement it!

I don't currently have a roadmap for v1.1 support. I also don't have plans to add full v1.1 support based on not having time to commit to that scale of work right now.

Given that, I am slightly concerned that implementing v1.1 features one at a time in a silo could lead to an end result that is not very ergonomic to work with in Swift.

Still, reading the linked spec information on lid, it feels like a fairly safe isolated addition.

If you'd be willing to work through your idea for how to implement this in a thread on this issue with me I'd be in support of adding it! I do suggest we talk through the implementation before you submit a PR, though.